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The Spartan TX, built with an Alusuisse-framed East Lancs Opus 2 body seating 53 passengers to a budget of £ 82,000 (1995) (equivalent to £ 154,191.82 or US$191,652.41 in 2023) [9], was designed to be durable while saving manufacturing costs, and was fitted with a rear-mounted Cummins B Series engine, an Allison transmission and an Eaton air ...
Articles related to the comic book series 300 by Frank Miller and its adaptations. The comic is a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta. 300 was particularly inspired by the 1962 film The 300 Spartans, a film Miller watched as a young boy.
The first aircraft produced by the Spartan Aircraft Company was the Spartan C3 open-cockpit biplane. Built in 1926 (first flight 25 October 1926), the C3-1 was the first of a series of variants of the design for flight schools, sportsman aviators, and Fixed-Base Operators (FBO). The Spartan C3-225 was the last early biplane design produced by ...
In 1928 Oliver Simmonds designed and built a prototype aircraft, the Simmonds Spartan, in a factory at Woolston, Hampshire. [1] The design was a success with over 50 aircraft built. [2] Following financial difficulties and investment from Whitehall Securities Corporation Ltd [3] Simmonds Aircraft Limited changed name in 1930 to Spartan Aircraft ...
The comic is a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta. 300 was particularly inspired by the 1962 film The 300 Spartans, a film Miller watched as a young boy. [1] The work was adapted in 2006 to a film of the same name directed by Zack Snyder. [2]
The company soft-launched late last year. 300 has appointed selected Head of Research A&R Az Cohen and Label Manager Steve Magee to run point on Sparta. 300 Partner Rob Stevenson commented, “As ...
Spartan Executive at Sun 'n Fun 2006. The Spartan 7W Executive is a cabin monoplane aircraft that was produced by the Spartan Aircraft Company during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The 7W features an all-metal fuselage, as well as a retractable undercarriage. The 7W Executive was popular with affluent buyers worldwide.
The Spartan was offered for sale for $6,750, which was later reduced to $5,975. [5] A C3-2 fitted with a large fuel tank in the front cockpit demonstrated its reliability by being flown nonstop from Walkersville, Ontario, in Canada to Key West, Florida, a distance of (1,220 miles (1,960 km)) in 17.5 hours in November 1928. [11]